The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project company said on Friday it it has issued a contract notice for supply and installation of gas turbine compressors in Greece and Albania.
Six turbo compressors will be purchased for installation on two compressor stations - three for a compressor station in Albania near Fier, and three for a compressor station in Greece near Kipoi, TAP said in a press release.
The contract notice is published in the EU's Official Journal.
Companies interested in being pre-qualified need to request a pre-qualification questionnaire from TAP no later than July 14.
This contract notice follows contract notices on construction of Albanian roads and bridges, onshore pipeline construction services in Greece and Albania, and construction of compressor stations in Greece and Albania.
TAP will transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to Europe along an approximately 870 kilometre long pipeline that will connect with the Trans Anatolian Gas Pipeline near the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in southern Italy.
TAP’s routing can facilitate gas supply to several South Eastern European countries, including Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and others.
The TAP partners are: SOCAR (20%), BP (20%), Statoil (20%), Fluxys (16%), Total (10%), E.ON (9.0%) and Axpo (5.0%).
Source: SeeNews